Place:New Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

The New Stratford Society was formed from parts of Ripton Parish and North Stratford Parish, both in Stratford. This parish was in the part of Stratford set off as the town of Huntington in 1789; later it was in the part of Huntington set off as the town of Monroe in 1823.

Monroe Society was established in May 1762, as New Stratford Society in Stratford, by division of Ripton and North Stratford Societies. It became New Stratford of Second Society in Huntington (now Shelton) on the incorporation of that town from Stratford in January 1789. It became New Stratford Society in Monroe on the incorporation of that town from Huntington in May 1823. The name formally changed May 1848 from New Stratford to Monroe Society.